The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-07-16
1o'nI RECRUITMENT.

anCe.
A sociable of West Nottingham Presby
terrain church will he held at the residenc,
of Miss Eliza Ewing, 9th district next Wed
nesday. July 20.
A full attendance of the members OF
Elkton Grange, No. 1i5 p. of II. is request
ed at their next regular meeting, July %,
SS7.
About o'clock Friday afternoon light
ming struck the roof of Howard Mcndeu
halls barn, near Blue Ball, Cecil county
and tore portion of it off.
}. Wesley Ewing, FLirview, will lead
the singing at WoodIawn camp III August.
He will be assisted by Oxfor,I's tenor vocal
ist, VIII G. Crowl.
An agent for patent gate bat sam
pile erected on the pavement in front of the
Howard House this week but was made to
remove it by the town authorities.
Mr. James F. Merritt, contractor and
builder on Wednesday commenced the cree,
ton of a warehouse on the corner Of Main
ana 30" streets lOr NE. Manly pithhtH.
Mr.. Vim. NJ. Singerly on Saturday last
rook President Cleveland, Messrs. Lamar
Whitney and Bayara of his Cabinet, and
Private Secretary Lamont sailing on the
Potomac in his new yacht, ''Eestless -
-Phillis Johnson, colored, widow OF
Charles Johnson who died in Oxford, Pa,
on Friday morning of last week at the re-
ported age of 109 years, was born near North
East, Cecil county, and WAS a slave of WIN.
Mattit
Miss Annie j. Whiteman, daughter OF
sunday evening last, after a lingering ILL
ness of consumption. She vas about thirty
years old. Her funeral was held on We'd
nesday afternoon, R.v }. p. OTIS, oiticia
ting.
"A couple of caves We're brought to the
freight depot at this place on Mondiy for
shipment. They both broke away from the
person in charge. One was was speedily re
caught but the other, Notwithstanding all
The railroad employees joined in the chase
was not recaptureu tlat night.
The literary and musical entertainment
AT Mr.. Henry 5. Couddn's next week will
he Thursday evening July DIST at s o'clock,
instead of Tuesday evening as first an
nOunced. The public are invited. The pro-
ceeds for Bishop Lay Guild to be expended
tor necessary work at Saint Marks Chapel.
-Children's day will be celebrated by
Crouch Chapel Sunday School next Sunday
afternoon. The exercises will begin at
haf-past two o'clock. Addresses will be
delivered by Rev. j. p. Otis and Mr.. Geo.
Johnston. There will be music and recita-
lions by the pupils Of the school. The pub
lie is invited.
"A young man who calls himself Prof.
leslie gave free exhibition of rope-walk-
ing on Saturday evening. He stretched a
rope from the chimney of Balls clothing
store TO that of the Howard House and
amused large crowd by his antics on the
rope and on trapeze which was attached
to it.
The quarterly convention OF the w. G..
2lst inst, in Port Deposit. Members of the
executive committee, county superinten-
dents of departments of the work, and one
delegate for every ten mem bers from each
local union, are expected to attend. y
pleasant and profitable meeting is an;ici.
pated.
Lies travel faster than Truth. a report
was extensiY ely circulated in the upper
part of the county and last week reached
this place that young lady residing near
Port Deposit wss dying of hydrophobia, the
result of being bitten by dog many years
ago. There was not the slightest founda-
ton for the report but that in no wise less
ened the spread of it. The story We under
stand originated with . discharged colorei
servant.
ON Sunday morning, 81 inst, Mr.. Lee
Terry, formerly of Cecil county, but now
residing in Gainesville, Pa, mounted his
bicycle at half past five o'clock and arrived
at his destination two miles south of Rising
Sun, at II o'clock, a. NJ, riding distance
of 80 miles and only diSmountug three
times in the run. Mr.. Terry is quite an
amateur, having only the pra 5ticc of a
month or six weeks time with his cycle
He has now in contemplation a trip tC
Washington on his bicycle in the near fu.
ture.
"A party of young men, consisting OF
Messrs. Clayton n. Lawrie, O.ford Charles
NJ. Irelan and Mr.. Richie, Baltimore, j. c.
Pussy, Philadelphia, accompanied by SOME
friends, expect to camp out at Gilpin's
Rocks near Bay View, Cecil county, Md
The company will pitch their tent next
Monday and spend a week beside the grim
gray rocks and sparkling cascades, bcueat b
refreshing shade. The campers are to be
congratulated on the selection of this spot
us 1t is charming in every respect and tn,
people of the neighborhood are among til,
most hospitable to be found auywhere-O
ford Press.
-I;ev. John S. Chandler of Madura, soutI
India, was married Monday forenoon t,
Miss Henrietta $. Kendall of the sam,
place. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. |. y. Kendall, ID. D., at his residenc,
at Lincoln University, near Oxford Pa TIL,
groom is a son of Rev. DR. Chandler of Ma
dura Mission. The bride is a daughter o
the late Rev. John Kendall, for 81 years ;
laborer in the same mission Mr.. and Mrs
Chandler will visit relatives in the Yves
and on September they will sail from Hos
ton in the Pavonia for their far-away home
Madura Mission, which is under the care q
the American Board of Foreign Missions.
This is the way the Snow Hill MesSenqc
puts it: eff you want any favor of news
paper, you strike your home paper, dor
you? If you want your town doomed, an,
your real estate increased thereby in value
you expect your home paper to do it, don
YOU? You kick because there is not a
much news in it as in the Baltimore .Su
don't you? But on the whole you think
newspaper is a mighty good thing for a tow
don't you? And you preclude newspape
from thinking that the town is good thin
for it, by not given it sufficient advertising
don't you? And then you sneak off and e
your job work done at some other tow
don, you? And you are under the impres
sion that editors can live on wind, or b
forever digesting the fact that his paper is
good thing for town. But he can't do il
can he"